![]() Chu serves you a revelation hotchpotch, and boom! they keep falling one after the other on you. The Morgan Freeman story does, but it simply vexes you forcing you to chase the ‘tale’. Even though Woody Harrelson creates a charming façade as his twin, the side story doesn’t pack in a big punch. Two of the worst ones were the twin tale and the original girdle that bound the movie taut. Now You See Me 2 has side-plots, some fine to live with but some really vapid and in need of better framing. If it were not for the plot and some cool magic tricks, it would have failed, nay, fell flat on its face in the muck of its own doing. The director’s shaky camera techniques don’t really work here, as he decimates action. Also, she doesn’t make you miss Isla Fisher. Her jocular remarks will make you fall in love with her instantly. Makes a swell entry! Lizzy Caplan is an awesome find as Lula, a pleasant inclusion to the already stellar cast. He still manages to make his character interesting. Dylan swears vengeance to take revenge on both Thaddeus and Tressler and that forms the basis of the story we have been watching so far.ĭaniel Radcliffe as Walter Mabry is absolutely thrilling, although he doesn’t get much to gnaw at. As the body and the safe wasn’t recovered Tressler Insurance denies paying insurance claim to Dylan’s mother.Before going in he offers his watch to his son (You are wondering who is son is? Brace yourself MAJOR SPOILER: Dylan Rhodes) The poor quality of the safe he was in warps its metal when it reaches the bottom, and the body is never recovered.Lionel Shrike attempts to do a lock safe stunt in the East River where the stunt goes wrong and he possibly drowns (he might be alive).Thaddeus Bradley and Lionel Shrike were actually friends, but nobody knows that since they acted like rivals.You can imagine how far he is willing to go for a magic trick. After 30 years, he asks the same man to sign another card, and then as part of his revelation cuts down the tree to reveal the card from 30 years ago. He then hides the card inside the hollow of a tree, letting the tree to grow around it. When Lionel Shrike was a kid he asks a man to sign a card as part of a trick.To explain events shown in the movie, I will try to create a timeline of events so you know what happens when. The level of magic Lionel Shrike creates is gargantuan. So, you have got to place him at the top alongside Thadeus Braddley. Lionel Shrike is like the Houdini of the franchise. Ring a bell? No? Well, we have got you covered. The thing that is worth noticing, and probably on which the entire story of Now You See Me franchise is based upon is none other than Lionel Shrike. But it manages to work around it with its stunning theatrics, an elusive plot and a pinch of some rad magic to keep us riveted to our seats. ![]() So, that leaves its wounds open – the way things were in the previous installment. Now You See Me 2 is more or less capering around the surface of its prequel. A bit more glimpse into the life of Lionel Shrike. ![]()
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